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KUALA LUMPUR – The UMNO Information bureau has drawn up strategy to counter false news and perception spread by the opposition through the social media in facing the 14th general election (GE14). UMNO Information chief Tan Sri Annuar Musam when met by Bernama, said issues facing the bureau now were no longer “stereotype” and “predictable”,…

KUALA LUMPUR – The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has urged the public to check the authenticity of news they received through social media before spreading it to other people. The spreading of fake news is a social ill that could be detrimental not only to individuals, but also to the nation as a whole, according…

KUALA LUMPUR – The government does not intend to control or restrict the freedom of speech, which goes with responsibility and accountability, through the proposed formulation of a law to curb fake news , said MCA president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. He said freedom of speech, if used in an irresponsible manner, including to…

SEOUL – A media literate society would approach information received via social media analytically, according to an academician. State Arizona University professor, Dan Gillmor said if the society understood media literacy and became knowledgeable, they could discern between true information and misinformation as well as be able to distinguish fake news. Gillmor who teaches…

ON one website page with four Google-served ads, we learn that if you don’t support President Donald Trump, God could punish you by giving you a gay child. On another, we find out that the US Supreme Court has decreed that American schoolchildren won’t learn about Islam, other than to learn how to stop radical…

BERLIN: Top officials in Germany’s ruling coalition said they planned legislation to crack down on “hate speech” and fake news on Facebook and other social media platforms, and impose stiff penalties if such messages were not quickly removed. Politicians are worried about how hate speech and fake news could sway public opinion ahead of elections…